I have written a previous post on why Christians fear going on mission trips and mentioned that one of the main reasons was the fear from hearing “horror” stories from missionaries and well-meaning Christians when they give their mission reports. This is sometimes done with the “innocent” purpose of attempting to spice up their reports or sometimes to emphasize the difficulties of the mission field to raise more prayer and financial support.
Such stories may scare the more timid Christians from ever going on a mission trip. However, as more and more people travel and as there is more and more information of exotic lands and cultures in today’s media, the influence of horror stories from missionaries becomes less and less. In fact, it is common to hear of Christians joining exotic tour groups to see “holy sights” and other adventurous tours.
Then why is there such a fear of many Christians from going to the mission field, even when they are assured that these mission fields are safe and comfortable places to travel to? Why is it that they would rather spend more to experience some adventure in non-mission tours? Why do faithful obedient Christians not obey the Lord’s call in John 4:35 “to lift up our eyes, to look on the fields” and rather spend their time and money to look at “holy” touristy tombs?
I believe that one of the reasons why most Christians avoid going to look at mission work is the fear of commitment, rather than the fear of travel. They fear that God may convict them of the need for more labourers (Mathew 9:37). They fear that He might convict them of their materialistic life-style. They fear that He might convict them to be more involved in prayer and support for the missionaries.
Basically I believe that they fear to “meet” God in the mission field. They prefer to “lock” Him up in their Bibles, their quiet time and their Bible-studies.
May we desire to meet Him, the Altogether Wonderful God. A visit to the mission field might help!
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“He that drinks of the water that I give him shall never thirst again.”
HE THAT DRINKS OF THE WATER THAT I GIVE HIM SHALL NEVER THIRST AGAIN!!! HEY!!!
That is my freedom! What is this searching in my life? What is this restlessness? What is this thirsting for something more? Jesus is all that I need.
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